[[Hat Guy is standing next to a large badge which says FUCK Computational Lingustics]]
Hat Guy: And the dumbest thing about emo kids is that... I... You know, I'm sick of easy targets. Anyone can make fun of emo kids. You know who's had it too easy? Computational Linguists. "Ooh, look at me! My field is so ill-defined, I can subscribe to any of dozens of contradictory models and still be taken seriously!"
{{alt text: Chomskyists, generative linguists, and Ryan North, your days are numbered.}}

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